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For the one clearing their desk

Everyone’s goodbye in one envelope: the letter, the photos, the team on video. Opened on the last day, kept after.

Half price on your first, with code FIRSTLETTER

ManilaAn office envelope with a window, a red string, CONFIDENTIAL.

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How to send a leaving envelope

  1. 01

    Write it, add the rest

    The letter, the photos, a video and the gift card. About five minutes, on your phone or at a desk. No account to make first.

  2. 02

    Seal it. Set the day.

    Their name goes on the front. Send it tonight, or keep it sealed until their morning, in their time zone, with a countdown until then.

    Opens on their morning · their time zone
  3. 03

    Send one link

    By text, email or any chat. They tap the seal, the flap lifts, and the pieces come out one at a time. No app for either of you.

Leaving work envelopes

Manila is the one most leaving envelopes go in: an office envelope with a window, a red string, CONFIDENTIAL. Pick the one that’s them. Their name goes on the front, they tap the seal, and the flap lifts.

What to put in a leaving envelope

Up to ten pieces in one leaving envelope: letters, postcards, videos and the gift card you bought. You decide what goes in and the order it comes out.

This is what they’d open.

ExampleTomas to Maren, on her thirtieth. Tap the stamp and it opens here, the way it opens for her.

Read the whole envelope

Example with made-up names. Yours opens with theirs.

Inside: his letter, two photos and a gift

Their name, on the front

PAR AVION
Maren

TAP THE STAMP

Inside: his letter, two photos and a gift

Moving on

All 58 occasions
RetirementNew jobMaternity leaveThank youBon voyage

How much does a leaving envelope cost?

Priced per leaving envelope, never per piece. Paid once, no subscription, and it stays open for good.

A LEAVING ENVELOPE$3.99
  • Letters of any length
  • Your photos as postcards
  • The gift card you bought, wrapped
  • Up to ten pieces, sealed until the day
WITH A VIDEO+ $2.50$6.49
  • Everything in the envelope
  • A video of you, up to 1 GB
  • Straight off your phone, it plays inside
  • More videos add nothing

Half price on your first, with code FIRSTLETTER

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What to write in a leaving card

For the desk next door, the boss, the work friend, and the one moving abroad.

  • From tomorrow, the desk next to mine is just a desk. Come back for lunch; the canteen won’t notice.
  • You were the one who knew where everything was. We are going to find out how much by Thursday.
  • Thank you for the chance you gave me in my first month. I haven’t forgotten it, and I won’t.
  • Good luck. They have no idea what they are getting. We do, and we are furious.
  • The meetings will be longer without you, and the biscuits will last. Neither is an improvement.
  • Lunch on the first Friday of the month. It’s in both our calendars. No excuses.
  • Moving abroad is brave. Send a postcard. A real one, or one of these.
  • Whatever comes next, they are lucky. Go and be brilliant somewhere with better coffee.

Not sure what to write? Start from one of ours.

Whole letters, written for the occasion and ready to send as they are. Start your envelope with one and make it yours: it’s addressed to whoever you put on the front.

Addressed and signed with the names on your envelope. Change any word you like.

Dear Dom,

From tomorrow, the desk next to mine is just a desk. I’m not sure what I’ll do with my mornings, now nobody is going to tell me what happened on the bus.

You made this place better to turn up to. You knew where everything was, you fixed the things nobody else would touch, and you always had time, even when you didn’t.

Wherever you’re going, they have no idea how lucky they are. We do.

Lunch on the first Friday of the month. It’s in the calendar. No excuses.

Good luck,
Your name

When to send it

Set it to open at five on the last day, when the laptop goes back, or at eight on the first morning of whatever comes next. Send the link to them, or put it on the screen at the leaving drinks; everyone with the link sees the same countdown.

Start a week before, so there is time to collect a line from everyone, the ones two floors down included. Nothing goes round the office in a brown envelope.

Opens on their morning · their time zone
Seal it. Set the day.

Their name goes on the front. The day goes on the seal.

Send it tonight, or keep it sealed until their morning, in their time zone, with a countdown until then.

Opens on their morning · their time zoneGus the goose, checking his watch

Leaving envelope questions

Can it open on their last day?

Yes. Set it to open at five on the last day, or at eight on the first morning somewhere new, with a countdown until then.

What should I write in a leaving card?

One thing you will miss, one thing they did that you are grateful for, and a plan to keep in touch that you will keep. The lines above cover bosses, work friends and moving abroad.

Can it go on the screen at the leaving drinks?

Yes. Everyone with the link opens the same envelope, so put it on the big screen and let them read the letter before anyone presses play.

Will they keep it after the work email goes?

Yes. It is a link of their own, not something in the work inbox, so it stays after the account goes. They can open it as often as they like and save their own copy of the video.

What does it cost?

$3.99 for the letter and photos; $6.49 with the video from the team. Paid once. No subscription.

What is a leaving envelope?

A leaving card that goes round the office gets a line from each of you and no room for the story. This is a letter about what the place will be like without them, the photo from the Christmas do, and a video of the team, one at a time, good stories only. Set it to open at five on the last day, and it is theirs to keep after the lanyard goes back. From $3.99, paid once.

It’s one link that opens like an envelope on their phone, with a letter of any length, your photos as postcards, a video straight off your phone, and the gift card you bought them, wrapped. No app and no account, for you or for them.

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Reminders

Not sending one today?

We’ll remind you a week or so before the days people send envelopes for: a few emails a year, and one click stops them.